[Reader-list] Take the time to know Obama

[Raheema Begum]

Dear Gora and all,

Maybe I needed to explain myself in endorsing  a US  presidential candidate,
especially since I wasn't as vocal in supporting my choice for the Indian
President.

I think Barack Obama is a good leader.

Raheema.




On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 8:35 AM, TaraPrakash <taraprakash at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Gora and all.
> I don't know who you mean by "we", however, there are people on the list
> who
> stay in the US and some of us have voting rights.
> Even if that was not the case, not caring about "a minimal fraction of the
> world" will always be counter productive.
> Another thing which is counterproductive is, homogenizing; it is
> repressive
> and destructive in the context of India, it is equally harmful in the
> context of the US.
> So "a minimal fraction of the world" has its fractions who would like to
> express their opinion in the primaries and later in the presidential
> election.
> Hope that answers your question.
> Regards
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gora Mohanty" <gora at sarai.net>
> To: <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 2:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Take the time to know Obama
>
>
> > On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:46:59 +0530
> > "Raheema Begum" <theunderscoredhood at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Not just because of this, but also because of this:
> >>
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yq0tMYPDJQ
> > [...]
> >
> > Excuse me for being crude, but why the hell should we care about
> > random incidents affecting a minimal fraction of people in the
> > world? At least as far as I see it, the US has already taken
> > active steps *not* to be a global citizen, Obama, or no Obama.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Gora
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